London Taxi's Hit Australia!

Hi all.
A couple of days ago I was going for a stroll around Milsons Point near Bradfield Park.
While on this peaceful walk I came across a Taxi that beared a strong resemblance to a London Taxi.
I then remembered hearing on the news about London style Taxi's coming to Sydney.
I walked closer and noticed the badge on the front of the Taxi said "The London Taxi Company".
I immediately asked the driver if it was ok if I took a couple of photo's as I was quite fascinated.
He was very kind and basically told me to go nuts with photo's, so I did!
The best photo is the one you can see here in this Blog.

Thank you all for reading, I will be sure to post more Blogs about these cool looking Taxi's as more photo opportunities arise.

Phil,
Sydney Trains Vlogs

Abandoned Oz Now On Blogspot!

Hi all.
I thought i would tell you all that my other YouTube Channel called Abandoned Oz is now on Blogspot.
If you aren't familiar with Abandoned Oz please check out one of the two links below:

Abandoned Oz YouTube:
www.youtube.com/abandonedoz

Abandoned Oz Blogspot:
www.abandonedoz.blogspot.com

Thank you all for reading.
More info about railway projects etc are coming soon.

Phil,
Sydney Trains Vlogs & Abandoned Oz

Busways 472

Busways unit No.472 resides at the Gosford depot located in Kincumber, NSW.

472 carries a Custom Coaches 228 body coupled Mercedes Benz O405 Mk 2 chassis with a ZF 5HP500 gearbox.

472 started on the production line of Custom Coaches, Villawood on 27 August 1999 and entered service at Kincumber in February 2000 which makes it now 16 years old.

When she entered service, the registration was MO.4933 which in January 2010 was changed to 6150.MO due to the introduction of metropolitan and regional MO plates. ( MO stands for Metro Omnibus )

The bus entered service with a destination blind but had it replaced with a green flipdot Mobitec electronic destination board in 2003.

In more recent times, 472 was given an overhaul in May 2015 which included an mechanical, internal and external overhaul. Also due to this overhaul, 472 lost the old Busways stripe livery.

As of the 10th February 2016, 472 has travelled a total of 992,598km. Which is nearly from the Earth to the Moon, back to Earth and to the Moon again.

Unfortunately 472 doesn't see too much route work anymore only doing an average of 200 kilometers a day ( excluding weekends ).

Busways Kincumber/Gosford
No.472 ( 6150.MO )
Custom Coaches 228
Mercedes Benz O405 Mk 2 ( Turbo )
ZF 5HP500 Gearbox

5,000 Subscribers reached!!

Hi everyone and thank you for reading another STV Blog.

As some of you may have noticed over the past week I have reached 5,000 Subscribers.
I would like to thank you all for watching and subscribing to Sydney Trains Vlogs.
When I first started filming for this channel I never thought I would reach 100 subscribers let alone 5,000!

Because of your continued support it has given me reason to expand STV to Queensland and Victoria with other states such as South Australia and Western Australia coming once I reach 7,500+ subscribers.

If you would like to share my channel link on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, Reddit etc the link is below:
www.youtube.com/sydneytrainsvlogs

Stay tuned for more Blogs.
Thank you for reading.

Phil,
Sydney Trains Vlogs

Sydney's New Ferries

Over the past month you may have noticed a ferry at Circular Quay names Catherine Hamlin.
Well, this is the first of Sydney's new ferry fleet under test.
Although it looks similar to some of our current ferry fleet on the outside, it is modern on the inside with new features such as wifi and more!
These ferries will be replacing our 2 lady class ferries. Lady Northcott and Lady Herron.

There will be approx 6 new ferries that will enter service over the coming couple of years.

More information will be posted to this blog as soon as is becomes available.

Thank you all for reading my blog and I will see you next time!

Phil,
Sydney Trains Vlogs

New Waratah Trains Coming Soon!

Hey all!
I was reading an interesting article today saying that a further 24 Waratah sets have been ordered and will be rolled out over the next few years.
So this batch of Waratahs im guessing will be sets A81 through to A104.
Sadly the extra 24 Waratahs will be just enough to wipe out the existing S Set fleet.
There are also options to purchase a further 45 Waratah sets so A105 through to A150.
The extra 45 (not yet ordered) Waratahs will unfortunately replace the existing K and C Set fleet.
More information will be posted onto this Blog when it comes to hand.

Thank you for reading.
Sydney Trains Vlogs
Phil.

Patreon - Support Sydney Trains Vlogs

Patreon Link:

patreon.com/sydneytrainsvlogsandabandonedoz

Here's my bio for Parteon. Including channel links.

Hi everyone my name is Phil.
I am a Transport Enthusiast & Urban Explorer based in Sydney, NSW Australia.
This Patreon account is for 2 YouTube Channels.. I'll explain what they are about below.

Sydney Trains Vlogs:
This channel is for those who are transport enthusiasts (Trains, Buses, Light Rail - Trams & Ferries)... Mainly trains though.
I have filmed at over 400 locations for this channel in Sydney, Queensland & Victoria in Australia.
The number of locations is set to rise as time goes on.
I cover many events on this channel also.. Like Steam train events, new station open days, rare sightings and odd train movements plus much more!

Abandoned Oz:
I explore abandonments such as houses, hospitals, schools etc!
I also film buildings and other things that are still in use but have an interesting history behind it.

My future goals are to become more professional at filming and editing with proper equipment.
I currently film with an iPhone 6s Plus.

Why pledge to me?
Thinking into the future, a good video camera will help me bring you much better quality videos.
Pledging to me will also help me travel more often therefore i can bring you more video's!

Channel Links:

Sydney Trains Vlogs:

www.youtube.com/sydneytrainsvlogs

Abandoned Oz:

www.youtube.com/abandonedoz

Patreon:

patreon.com/sydneytrainsvlogsandabandonedoz

Thank you for reading.
Phil,
Sydney Trains Vlogs &
Abandoned Oz